Homegrown Music Festival

The Homegrown Music Festival is an annual community celebration of the original and diverse music of Duluth, Minn. and its surrounding communities. What started in 1999 with five acts has matured in its 20th year to an eight-day community-wide local music, arts and cultural extravaganza.

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Mr. Kickass

Mr. Kickass

No apologies. Just lots of noise. For most of the 21st Century, Mike Fradenburgh and company have been blasting ear drums and brains fueled on cheap beer and sweating in low-ceiling basements and even more upstanding venues as time has marched on. Fradenburgh, who drives it all on bass, says “Mr. Kickass is that band your mom warned you about, but she never misses the show.” Neither do Jed Olson on guitar and vocals and Jake Daire on drums. The band released a raft of new songs online in December.